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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?
(a) Stuart Townsend.
(b) William Holbrook.
(c) Johnny Foote.
(d) Stuart Whitworth.

2. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?
(a) Tuition for their twin sons to go to college.
(b) A down payment on a new car.
(c) A down payment on a new house.
(d) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.

3. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?
(a) The mimosa tree.
(b) The magnolia tree.
(c) The pecan tree.
(d) The peach tree.

4. What does Mrs. Phelan tell the Whitworths Skeeter has been writing about in chapter 20?
(a) Housekeeping hints.
(b) Black maids working in white households in the south.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The civil rights movement.

5. What kind of party does Mrs. Leefolt have in the first chapter of the book?
(a) Bridge party.
(b) Cocktail party.
(c) Tupperware party.
(d) Birthday party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?

2. What appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?

3. What does Minny say God would have made people if he had intended for whites and blacks to spend a large amount of time together?

4. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

5. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?

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